Social Control Theory: Are People Born Good Or Bad?

What is social control theory? A form of patterns of pressure, which society maintains social order. Like people say are born bad and learn to be good. In my opinion people are born good and bad, it just takes self- preservation to choose who they truly are. But society does have a bigger impact in young youth’s choices if they’re bad or good. Why do we have to pay attention to this? Well we don’t want young people heading to prison when it’s the society fault that they think that there bad, instead of telling a kid that’s his bad. Teach them on doing that right thing instead, because keep in mind there are the future. Does environment have to do with why young youth go bad other than good? It doesn’t really matter where you come from it just matters on who you put yourself, like who you hang out, your …show more content…
In conclusion of social control and the article I did, I really didn`t agree with what they had to say about how youth and it depends on what neighborhood they lived in. Was the reason why they were on the way to doing a criminal act? Like if a article says that and a teen reads it they will believe what it says. But there some youth who are wise at the ages that come from the poverty neighborhoods but they have someone or people to keep them out of trouble. It’s just the society that just makes people think that they`re bad people when in reality they`re good people who just need people to see the light in them. And if you just see the bad things in people then you help creature a monster or a person who is just lost. Youth are mostly to be doing the bad things but also an adult who is insecure is capable to commit into a criminal offense. For me when I read the article and got to know social control it doesn’t matter what age you’re and what neighborhood you come